Manure-spreader.



Y. SHIRAI.

MANURE SPREADER.

APPLICATION FILED APELS. 1918.

l 9286,43@ Patented Dec. i918.

iviAnUnELsrnEnDnn implemenm which; are used particularly for` thecultivation of gardens wherein only hand implements maybe employed.

The objects of the invention are to sim-` plify and improve theconstructionof implements adapted to cultivate the soil, and to providean improved device for simultaneously dropping and spreading afertilizer and also covering the same, and for stirring and pulverizing`the soil, and turning the same upon the distributed fertilizer; and withthese ends in view the invention consists in the improved constructionand novel arrangement and combination `of parts which will behereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claims.`

1n the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and`preferred form of the invention, it being understood that no limitationis necessarily madeto the precise structural details therein exhibited,but that the right is reserved to any changes, alterations, ormodifications to whichrecourse may be had within the scope of theinvention, and without departing from the spirit or sacrificing Atheefficiency i of the same. 0 j

Other objects are tov provide means for adjusting the device relative tothe depthy of ground to be turned for cultivation, to adjustthe devicerelative to the widthfand character of the rows of plants cultiva-ted,and to otherwise adjust the device forsat isfa'ctorily turning andtilling the ground and fertilizingfthe same.

Other objects `and advantages mayappear from the subjoined detaildescription,"`

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of `a manure spreaderconstructed j j vertical and transverse adjustment of` the accordancewith vmv invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same.` Fig. `3isa fragmental and perspective `detail showing the means for cutting offand forregulating the distribution of the fertilizer. j is a fragmentaland sectional detail of the nozzle for distributing thefertilizer,show.-` ing means for adjustment. Fig. 5 isja de-Specicationof Letters Patent. Application filed April`8, 1918. SerialNo. 227,343.

relative to one another.

Patented ec. 3, 1918.

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\ rosmarino siriani, or EL MONTE, CALIFORNIA,

tail side elevation of the rake, illustrating the means `foradjustment.` jFig. 6 isa perspective detail view showing the clampingmeans for adjustment of the plow, scraper,

and rake." Fig. 7 is a perspective detail view of the lever whichadjusts the wheels and j lative to the `frame and body4 of the axles redevice.

Referring to the drawings,.my improved manure spreader consists of aframe 11, having the side-bars 1,2, the `frontfbar 13, and thejrearhandle-bar 1li, andthe receptacle 15, carriedby the frame; being iiXedto the frame 11 by connecting brackets 16, 17.` Attached to thereceptacle1 are the bearj ings` 18,` provided with a segmental groove19, having thereinthe notches 20. Levers 21, are `journaled in thebearings 18, the levers having concentric bearings 22,.and are providedwith handles 23, having working therein the `plungers 24, which arespring j i actuated and provided with a lug 125, to

engage the` notches v2O, in the segmental groove 19. The levers 21 arefurtherprovided with angularly disposed sleeves .26,` provided withclamping means `27,;an`d

adapted to carry the non-rotating axle mem` bers 28, on which aremounted the main wheels 29. By this arrangement the axles are madetransversely adjustable to vary the distance between the wheels` andthus adjust the samein accordance with the `rowsof plants which are tobe` cultivated. An an# guiar axle `member 30 is arranged to telescopewithin the axle members `28, and thereby` maintain the alinenient of thewheels Vertical adjustment of the wheels is attained by manipulation`ofthe levers` 21,"and this arrange- `ment will provide adjustment forvarying the relative operative position of the culti-j.`

vating attachments. l

The plow elements 1` are provide`d`for turning the soil preparatory todistributing the fertilizer thereon;` the combined stand.-`

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ard and plow` share 32,1 being adjustably `secured to the framebar 13,by clamps 33, as

shown in Figf, Clamps `33 will allow` olow `elements rovidin@ forvariation in l. s i:

`width `of rows of thewplants which are to c be cultivated. At the rearof the j plow elef.

be adjusted vertically and angularly relative to the frame. At the rearof the scraper elements are mounted the rakes 36. An auxiliary frame 37,is secured by clamps 38, t0 depending bars 39, and is transverselyarranged beneath the main frame. r1`he rake teeth 40 are of lazy-tongconstruction, each rake having the extreme teeth pivotally connected tothe clamp members, 41, which are slidable on the auxiliary frame 37. Therakes are thus adjustable for varying the width of soil that iscultivated, and each rake is laterally and independently adjustablyrelative the supporting` frame.

From the foregoing it may be seen that each element adapted forcultivation of or for turning the soil, is provided with independentvertical and lateral adjustment, relative to its complementary elementand to the device as a whole, `thus adapting the device to any characterof soil to be cultivated, and to any character and width of rows ofplants.

The fertilizer distributing means consists of the receptacle 15, whichis formed with inwardly sloping and converging walls, all arranged toconvey the contents of the receptacle to the two bottom apertures 42 oneof which is shown in detail in Fig. 3. ach opening is provided with aslide member 43, arranged to cut ofi', or to vary the amount offertilizer distributed. Each slide is provided with a rod 44, inengagement with the turn-buckle 45, rotating in the bracket 46, thearrangement being such that the cutofi' slides in each opening aresimultaneously and uniformly adjfusted for the purpose aforesaid. Aboveeach slide is mounted a rotary agitator 47, each of which is fixed tothe shaft 48, having the angular end 49, and mounted on the concentricbearing 22. A bracket 69, on the fixed non-notating axle 28, hasjournaled therein the tubular shaft 50, in sliding engagement with end49, and provided with a pinion 51, in engagement with a gear wheel 52fixed to and rotating with the main wheel 29. The agitators 47 are thusactuated upon rotation of the main wheel, which rotates as the device ispropelled over the ground. The agitators are thus actuated in anytransverse adjustment of the main wheels, and serve to prevent cloggingof the fertilizer above the distribution openings.

From the distribution openings 42, exible conduits 53, extend downwardto brackets 54, projecting rearward from the plow elements. The nozzles55, on the ends of the conduits are thus maintained in position at therear of the plow elements, regardless of their transverse adjustmentrelative to the receptacle. The nozzle is formed with two end members56, and foldable side members 57, being thus collapsible similar to avbellows to vary the opening in the nozzle. The fertilizer may thus bedropped 1n a very narrow row, or distributed the full width of thefurrow that is turned by the plow element. A rod 58, connected to oneend wall of the nozzle, and extending through the other, has thereon theadjusting nuts 59, G0, respectively, on opposite sides of the lug 61,and the nozzle is adjusted by turning the nuts. The rod 58, serves as abaiie element to more uniformly distribute tlie fertilizer in thenozzle.

It may be noted that the distributing nozzle is intermediate between theplow elements and the scraper and rake elements, and as the device ispropelled along the rows of plants, the soil is first turned by the plowelements, the fertilizer is distributed in the furrow thus formed, andthe soil is then scraped and leveled by the scraper or rake, to coverthe fertilizer, which is a material advantage in the cultivation ofplants, as some fertilizers tend to deteriorate under direct andcontinued exposure to the sunlight.

At the ends of the rows, should it be desired to turn the delivery ofthe fertilizer may 'be cut off quickly by the trap door 62, immediatelybeneath the adjustable slide, the trap doors being manipulated by achain 63 which extends to the rear of the receptacle, and engages withpins 64, 65, which determine the open and closed position of the trapdoors.

That is claimed is:

1. The `combination with a fertilizer receptacle, of bearing memberscarried thereby, off-set axle members journaled in said bearings,andadapted to swing through a circular arc, means for adjusting theoff-set axle members, non-rotating axle members mounted in the olf-setaxle members and laterally adjustable relative thereto, means forclamping the non-rotative axle members in the laterally adjustedpositions, an angular axle member arranged to telescope within thenon-rotating axle members and maintain alinement thereof, tractor wheelsrotatively mounted on the non-rotating axle members, adjustable conduitsextending from the receptacle, rotary agitating means within theconduits, a shaft to actuate the agitating means journaled in theoff-set axle members and arranged concentric with said bearing members,brackets extending from the nonrotating shafts, rotary socket membersmounted in said brackets and having sliding engagement with saidactuating shaft, and gears connecting the tractor wheels and rotarysocket member.

2. The combination with a. two-wheeled truck, of a .fertilizerreceptacle carried by the truck, horizontally disposed bars supportedfrom the truck and beneath the receptacle, means for adjusting the barsvertically, a plurality of soil agit-ating elements incenso on theconduits, means to adjust the nozzles in accordance with the adjustmentof the soil agitating elements, and baiile elements in the nozzles tosecure even distribution therefrom.

8.` The combination with a fertilizer receptacle, oi tractor meanstherefor, soil turning elements carried by the tractor" means, means foradjusting the: soil turning ele ments relative to the tractor means,conduit means between the receptacle and the soil turning elements,agitating means within the receptacle operated by the tractor means, a

scraper supported from the receptacle, means for adjusting the scrapervertically and angularly relative. to the conduit means, rake elementssupported at the rear of the scraper, means for adjusting the rakeelementsver` tically and laterally and means wherebythe agitating meansis operated in any adjusted position of the tractor means.

4L. A manure spneader adapted to dis-` tribute a fertilizer inparallelrows, comprising a receptacle with parallel depres sions in thebottom, tractor means` for the receptacle, conduits leading from eachde-j` pression to the ground, agitatfing means within the receptacleactuated by the tractor ineansand operative to preventclogging of theconduits, means for varying the distance,

between the conduits at their tree ends, noz zles on the ends of theconduits, and means (Zomer of thin patent may be obtained for `:foradjusting the nozzles to vary the area oi' distribution.

QA `trame, a receptacle carried by the i frame', axles on the iframe,means tor adjust-` ing the axles in and out relative to the frame andreceptacle, tractor wheels carried by the axles, conduit means extendingfrom the re- Hceptacleto a point adjacent to the ground, `nozzles forthe conduits, means for adjusting the nozzles laterally to vary thedistrib-` uting area, and means for adjusting the distance between theconduits independently of the tractor wheels. j

`6. The `combination with a trame, of

wheels supporting it, a receptacle thereon having two distributingoutlets and `walls converging toward the outlets, conduit elei mentsextending from` the outlets downwardly into proximity with the ground, a

slide cut-off in each conduit, means for ad` justing the slidessimultaneously to vary the capacity `oi" distribution, swinging trapdoors in the conduits, means whereby the trap doors may be `operated toclosed positionfrom the rear ot the receptacle, agitat ing elements inproximity with the receptacle outlets, means for operating the agitatingelements fromthe movement of the tractor wheels, and soil` turningelements de pending from the i''rameand operative at the front andrearof said conduits. l

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my j signature this 26th` day otMarch, inthe year 1918.

YosiiiJino siiiniii.

j In presence of l FREDERIC M. KnnNEY, JAMES W. MASTER.

i've cents each, by addressing the Commissioner oflatents, Washington,D. C. i

